New Zealand FMA to require company ICOs to register a PDS disclosure document LeapRate

October 25, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

New Zealand FMA to require company ICOs to register a PDS disclosure document

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has published commentary on initial coin offers (ICOs) and cryptocurrency services alongside online resources for investors. Innovation is increasingly shaping financial services and regulators globally are considering their responses. The FMA shared that it wants to facilitate responsible innovation, and ensure that the regulatory regime remains relevant and agile. This…

October 24, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

NaPoleonX cryptocurrency algo trading startup plans 40,000 Ethers token offering with Chaineum ICO boutique

NaPoleon Crypto has reached an agreement with Chaineum, the first French ICO boutique, for conducting an Initial Coin Offering that will be fully compliant with the French regulation. NaPoleon Crypto will publish the NaPoleonX smart contract: The NaPoleonX platform will allow to sell crypto investment vehicles (DAF - Decentralized Autonomous Funds) managed by algorithmic trading models…

October 24, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Under 1 in 10 Post-ICO Tokens are actively used

Token Report, the database of verified information on ICOs, today released data on the number of cryptocurrencies actively in use. Of the 226 ICOs in Token Report’s database that have completed, 20 of those tokens, or just under 1 in 10, are actively in use, excluding Ethereum. Token Report’s newly launched membership program, Token Clarity,…

October 23, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Reaction to Wolf of Wall St branding ICOs 'Biggest scam ever'

The Wolf of Wall Street, whose securities frauds were recounted in the film of the same name - where Jordan Belfort was portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio - told the Financial Times that ICOs were “the biggest scam ever” and that they would “blow up [in investors’] faces.” It is the biggest scam ever, such a…

Crypto ICOs showing a comeback, after major drop off in 2018

October 20, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Metaps to launch time marketplace ‘Timebank’ token sale on COMSA

Tech Bureau, a fintech and cryptocurrency solutions company, and Metaps Inc., a fintech company and mobile marketing platform developer, announced its plan for a ‘Timebank’ token sale on COMSA. COMSA, a complete Initial Coin Offering (ICO) fundraising and cross-chaining platform built on the NEM blockchain protocol, streamlines cryptocurrency funding and cross-chain transactions. Timebank is a…

October 09, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Blockchain-powered Shopping App Wys Becomes First ICO from Germany

Wysker, a Berlin-based startup that decentralizes e-commerce and that has built the first blockchain-powered shopping app, has now become the first ICO in Germany. What is more, this is the world's first blockchain-powered shopping app with a radical twist to mobile discovery and the first ICO from a company incorporated in Germany. On October 2nd, 2017 at 18:00…

October 09, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Abu Dhabi Global Market sets out Guidance on Initial Coin Offerings and virtual currencies

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) has set out in Guidance its approach to Initial Coin/Token Offerings (ICOs) and virtual currencies under the Financial Services and Markets Regulations (FSMR). Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) has extraordinarily wide application to financial services and markets as a whole. Virtual tokens, at their…

September 27, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

The Founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, On ICOs and Issues with Cryptocurrency

The 23-year old co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, gave an interview to two of the largest news reporting companies in South Korea, JoongAng Daily and JoongAng Ilbo, expressing his thoughts on the future of Ethereum, ICOs and the cryptocurrency merits, as reported by Cointelegraph. Vitalik spoke about the issues that Ethereum is currently facing with scaling.…

September 20, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Hong Kong - The Emerging Winner of China's Bitcoin Ban?

When China announced that all its domestic exchanges will stop trading Bitcoin from September 30th this year, the digital cryptocurrency markets have seen a huge dip in prices: Bitcoin alone was down with 40%, Ethereum with 10% and overall, last week was a "bearish" one for the "people's currencies". Just before the ban, the Initial…

September 18, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin Comes Back With 30% Price Increase

Only a couple of days after China announcing the domestic ban of several exchanges trading bitcoin, the cryptocurrency is back with 30% price increase in several days. The news that the Chinese exchange bans will not really impact the overall cryptocurrency industry around the globe calmed the markets. Only in the afternoon today, September 18th,…

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